Cookies and stored data

DataDome stores the following data on clients such as web browsers:

Name

Type

Purpose

Expiration

Size

Platform

datadome

Cookie

Used for both server-side and client-side detection to assess the legitimacy of a request. The cookie's data is encrypted for security and does not contain any personally identifiable information (PII).

1 year

128 bytes

Web, Mobile

ddSession

Local Storage

Duplicate of the datadome cookie.
Only exists when the sessionByHeader option is enabled on the JS Tag.

1 year

128 bytes

Web

ddOriginalReferrer

Session Storage

Stores the referrer value when a Device Check or CAPTCHA is triggered for later restoration.

End of session

Up to 2048 bytes

Web

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Recommendations

Operations such as blocking, tampering, or deleting the data listed above can result in issues or unexpected behaviors.

We recommend to watch out for mechanisms that can run such operations and do any necessary actions to prevent them.